Classic Blue Press – Is IDPA Training?

If you follow any competitive shooting forums ( and who doesn’t?) you’ve probably read the arguments, which go on ad nauseam, over whether IDPA is a game, or training, or a training game… well, you get the idea. Six years ago Col. Mark Lisi, US Army (Ret.) addressed this very issue in the pages of The Blue Press. The game has changed a bit since this article was published but Col. Lisi’s arguments are just as poignant today as they were in 2012 and we think the article is worth a read.